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8th Army in Tripoli. At a British 8th Army fuel depot in the Western desert of North Africa a truckload of British Tommies stops while the driver refuels. Squares of gasoline cans, evenly spaced, are spread out across the flat land, as far as the eye can reach in preparation for the Tripoli campaign in North Africa

8th Army in Tripoli. Lumbering up the hills near Salum in North Africa, truckloads of British 8th Army soldiers move westward into Tunisia in the early part of the Tripoli campaign

8th Army in Tripoli. The British 8th Army supply column turns aside to avoid a bomb crater, lower left, in the road by Axis planes as a roadblock for the British in the Tripoli campaign

8th Army in Tripoli. The British 8th Army supply column turns aside to avoid a bomb crater, lower left, in the road by Axis planes as a roadblock for the British in the Tripoli campaign

8th Army in Tripoli. Time out on the road to Tripoli for a veteran tank crew of the British 8th Army. The Medical Corps opens shop during the rest to take care of minor casualties of the journey

8th Army in Tripoli. Tanks track through the muddy sea, which was the road the British 8th Army took between Homs and Tripoli campaign

8th Army in Tripoli. Lumbering up the hills near Salum in North Africa, truckloads of British 8th Army soldiers move westward into Tunisia in the early part of the Tripoli campaign

8th Army in Tripoli. Journey's end, for a while. British tanks and crews line up on Tripoli's waterfront after capturing the city

8th Army in Tripoli. Time out on the road to Tripoli for a veteran tank crew of the British 8th Army. Cleaning their revolvers for action

8th Army in Tripoli. At a British 8th Army fuel depot in the Western desert of North Africa a truckload of British Tommies stops while the driver refuels. Squares of gasoline cans, evenly spaced, are spread out across the flat land, as far as the eye can reach in preparation for the Tripoli campaign in North Africa

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Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).

Image source: Yank Magazine photo.

Title and other information from caption card.

Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

DDE: doesn't match lot card; more than one

Film copy on SIS roll 32, frame 1265.

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africa safety film negatives lot 2251 united states office of war information photo north africa army fuel depot tripoli campaign british tommies army tripoli british western desert driver refuels gasoline cans office of war information farm security administration home front wwii world war 2 library of congress
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01/01/1940
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label_outline Explore Tripoli Campaign, British Tommies, Western Desert

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africa safety film negatives lot 2251 united states office of war information photo north africa army fuel depot tripoli campaign british tommies army tripoli british western desert driver refuels gasoline cans office of war information farm security administration home front wwii world war 2 library of congress